Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-12
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FOR HOME RULE.
A bloody Fight with the
Minians of the Law.
Tbs MitcheIltoWn Outbreak Charged
TO the Nationalist Fasal Di o
Among Cattle.

DUBLIN, Sept. 1c.-The police assert
that the trouble at Mitchellstown was
due to the fact of the nationalist leaders
melting the people to resist the police.
The ~nationsiists congratulate themselves
Shat they made o good fight, and were
ssa=s S physical force, but by
the arms OF their enemies. The police
paraded Saturday but presented a sorry
spectacle, the majority being enyeloped
In b~andages. Fourteen of their number
are cared for at the hospital, the wounds
~Tarranting such treatment.
Another N later account OF the dis
turbance at Mitchelltown says: Seven
Thousand persons were assembled at q
meeting held to express indignation at
the governments prosecution Of Mr.
Messrs. J.abouchere, Dillon, Drummer,
Gill, Condor, OtHea and Jonn Ellis,
members OF parliament, when a govern
ment stenographer with an escort OF six
ty policemen ~endeavored to push through
the crowd 10 the foot Of the platform.
His progress was resisted aud the police
attempted to open u passage for him.
The crowd attacked the police with sticks
and stones and the latter retaliated by
charging with drawn sbatons, but were
repulsed by a body OF %nationalists on
horseback. Mr.. Condor at this point in.
terposed from IKE platform and sue
ceeded In pacifying the crowd.
The force of police repulsed by the
mob was sixty strong and fully armed.
The crowd used sticks and stones az
weapons and severely injured several Of
the c%onstables, who forbore TO fire upon
q fhofr uaonf1nynku 81 Al a. go .n~l-f.- -
forcements the police advanced upon the
crowd and commanded them to dispense.
This command WA met with q shout OF
defiance and the mob again rushed Mt the
constables. Tho officer in command Of
the police gave the order TO fire and six
round Of rifle ball were poured into the
crowd. Two men fell dead and several
sank to the ground badly wounded, the
mob retreating and finally breaking into
actions and dispensing. Later they re-
assembled and assumed a threatening at
tttHde, but a. they made: no attempt to
attack the police thsy were not dis
turbed. There are signs. however, that
further troubls will occur before order Id
restored.
Mr.. Dillon then addressed the people,
aayising them to treat the police with si-
lent contempt, because home rule was
nearly won, and u became an os-
tablished fact the Irish forces would DO
under the control OF the people, instead
OF their enemies. The speech Of Mr.. Dill
Ion had little effect upon the exasperated
crowd, and che conflict batwsan the:s. ana
tns police was shortly afterward renewed,
the police being driven into their bar
racks From this point OF vantage the
police frcd into the crowd, killing one
Instantly, fatally wounding another. who
has since died, and severely injnring sew
eral others. Taking advantage Of tho
.demoralizing effect OF their fire, the po-
lice sailed forth from their barracks and
charged upon the mob with fixed bayo-
nets. This Wac more than the crowd
could stand, and they made haste to dis
n nArHe.